Ephesios 2
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Et vos, cum essetis mortui delictis et peccatis vestris,
1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
2in quibus aliquando ambulastis secundum sæculum mundi hujus, secundum principem potestatis aëris hujus, spiritus, qui nunc operatur in filios diffidentiæ,
2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
3in quibus et nos omnes aliquando conversati sumus in desideriis carnis nostræ, facientes voluntatem carnis et cogitationum, et eramus natura filii iræ, sicut et ceteri:
3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
4Deus autem, qui dives est in misericordia, propter nimiam caritatem suam, qua dilexit nos,
4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
5et cum essemus mortui peccatis, convivificavit nos in Christo (cujus gratia estis salvati),
5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
6et conresuscitavit, et consedere fecit in cælestibus in Christo Jesu:
6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
7ut ostenderet in sæculis supervenientibus abundantes divitias gratiæ suæ, in bonitate super nos in Christo Jesu.
7in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
8Gratia enim estis salvati per fidem, et hoc non ex vobis: Dei enim donum est:
8For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9non ex operibus, ut ne quis glorietur.
9not by works, so that no one can boast.
10Ipsius enim sumus factura, creati in Christo Jesu in operibus bonis, quæ præparavit Deus ut in illis ambulemus.
10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
11Propter quod memores estote quod aliquando vos gentes in carne, qui dicimini præputium ab ea quæ dicitur circumcisio in carne, manu facta:
11Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
12quia eratis illo in tempore sine Christo, alienati a conversatione Israël, et hospites testamentorum, promissionis spem non habentes, et sine Deo in hoc mundo.
12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
13Nunc autem in Christo Jesu, vos, qui aliquando eratis longe, facti estis prope in sanguine Christi.
13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
14Ipse enim est pax nostra, qui fecit utraque unum, et medium parietem maceriæ solvens, inimicitias in carne sua,
14For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
15legem mandatorum decretis evacuans, ut duos condat in semetipso in unum novum hominem, faciens pacem:
15by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
16et reconciliet ambos in uno corpore, Deo per crucem, interficiens inimicitias in semetipso.
16and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.
17Et veniens evangelizavit pacem vobis, qui longe fuistis, et pacem iis, qui prope.
17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
18Quoniam per ipsum habemus accessum ambo in uno Spiritu ad Patrem.
18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
19Ergo jam non estis hospites, et advenæ: sed estis cives sanctorum, et domestici Dei,
19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
20superædificati super fundamentum apostolorum, et prophetarum, ipso summo angulari lapide Christo Jesu:
20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
21in quo omnis ædificatio constructa crescit in templum sanctum in Domino,
21In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
22in quo et vos coædificamini in habitaculum Dei in Spiritu.
22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
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